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OverviewUtterance particles, also known as modal particles or sentence-final particles, form a class of words in Cantonese which is of great descriptive and theoretical interest to students of language. Most utterance particles do not have any semantic content (truth-conditional meaning), and few can be said to have a consistent grammatical function. They are notorious for being extremely resistant to conventional syntactic and semantic analysis. The aim of this book is to seek a better understanding of utterance particles by concentrating analytical attention on three of them; namely, LA (la55), LO (lo55), and WO (wo44). Adopting a set of theoretical assumptions and analytical methods in the tradition of Conversation Analysis within an ethnomethodological framework, an attempt is made to approach these objects by examining them in the context of interactional details in naturally occurring conversations. This book presents original accounts of, and fresh insights into these utterance particles in Cantonese. But it also raises theoretical and methodological questions of more general interest. These include, among other things, the status of data and evidence in the analysis of language, and the possibility of a socially constituted linguistics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: K.K. Luke (University of Hong Kong)Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co Imprint: John Benjamins Publishing Co Volume: 9 Weight: 0.590kg ISBN: 9789027250193ISBN 10: 9027250197 Pages: 329 Publication Date: 01 January 1990 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. Acknowlegements; 2. Transcription and glossing conventions; 3. Romanization conventions; 4. Introduction: Utterance particles in Cantonese; 5. Conversation and Conversation Analysis; 6. The Establishment of Common Ground in Conversation: The Utterance particle LA; 7. The Accomplissement of Endings in Conversation: The Utterance Particle LO; 8. Expectation and Noteworthiness: The Utterance Particle WO; 9. Utterance Particles as Conversational Objects; 10. Towards a Socially Constituted Linguistics; 11. Notes; 12. Bibliography; 13. Subject IndexReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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